Recent severe winters have indicated that low water temperature appears linked to escalating levels of leakage. Consequently, there is now increased interest in monitoring water temperature to recognise and address this effect.

Whilst the technology to monitor water temperature is well established, the costs and practicality associated with remote temperature logging have often been prohibitively expensive.  HWM is pleased to introduce an easily deployed  low cost solution that will enable water companies to monitor water temperature via battery powered GPRS/SMS dataloggers.

The new TempLog LX system combines the popular LX telemetry data logger with an innovative stainless steel sensor to monitor water temperature.  The systems benefits from the low cost data transmission options of the LX logger and the existing data delivery and viewing platforms.

The sensor has been approved by the UK Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) for use in potable water and can monitor temperatures between -20°C to +100°C. When the sensor is operating within normal temperature parameters, accuracy is typically 0.2°C.  

The sensor is powered directly by the LX Logger and has a five year life expectancy when calibrated annually.

The replaceable internal logger batteries will typically power the device for over five years when data is transmitted every eight hours, and external battery packs are available to maintain the five year battery life when more demanding regimes are required down to every 15 minutes.  Data can be transmitted to DataGate, our web hosted data server that provides a comprehensive and secure remote data handling solution. From this, the data can be quickly transferred to third party software or to HWM Online for convenient viewing from any internet enabled device.      

For more information, please contact HWM.